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thank you. and thank you for coming this morning. we _ thank you. and thank you for coming this morning. we have _ thank you. and thank you for coming this morning. we have a _ thank you. and thank you for coming this morning. we have a number- thank you. and thank you for coming this morning. we have a number of i this morning. we have a number of members of the press here, i have been given in the let me go to the bbc and jonathan beale.— been given in the let me go to the bbc and jonathan beale. thank you, secretary of — bbc and jonathan beale. thank you, secretary of state. _ bbc and jonathan beale. thank you, secretary of state. a _ bbc and jonathan beale. thank you, j secretary of state. a comprehensive picture of the threats facing the uk, where there was not was a commitment, you said you will spend 50 billion but if you look at the mod finances at the moment there's according to the a0 and 18 billion black hole in your budget, you at the moment are looking at retiring some ships early and mothballing the only two assault ships, there is another serving of your own minister is a crisis in recruitment. i'm jet you are asking the armed forces to do more with less. a lot of them because you mentioned doesn't come online until the 2030 so why are you not meeting that 2.5% plus you say you want to meet. why cannot you do that here now? and secondly on the
secretary— complaint that dominic rob is the secretary of, finding out your fate through _ secretary of, finding out your fate through television? it's an effective way of dealing with very serious _ effective way of dealing with very serious cases of harassment. how unusual is — serious cases of harassment. how unusual is this? _ serious cases of harassment. how unusual is this? civil— serious cases of harassment. firm unusual is this? civil servants are known for causing fusses, we often call them mandarins, because you play your cards close to your chest. is it unusual this is happening? it is, because people don't have confidence in challenging ministerial misconduct. we conducted a survey— ministerial misconduct. we conducted a survey of— ministerial misconduct. we conducted a survey of the civil servants in the country, one in six said they had witnessed misconduct in the last few months alone, and 70% said they had no _ few months alone, and 70% said they had no confidence in the process for raising _ had no confidence in the process for raising a _ had no confidence in the process for raising a complaint. so the picture we are _ raising a complaint. so the picture we are seeing is ministerial misconduct brewing, and no one has been _ misconduct brewing, and no one has been confident to challenge that.
general mohamed hamdan daglo tweeted that he had spoken to the us secretary of, state antony blinken, and agreed the pause to ensure the safe passage of civilians and the evacuation of people who are injured. mr blinken had called for the ceasefire during the g7 foreign ministers meeting taking place injapan, but the sudanese army has released a statement denying any knowledge of the ceasefire. this is the latest footage from khartoum showing plumes of thick black smoke as explosions and gunfire are heard in the streets. i spoke to a woman 20 minutes ago he said there is still gunfire on the streets. live now to khartoum and our reporter mohamed 0sman. very good that you could join us. what has today been like in khartoum, what has been happening? it is a full day of clashes. between
former british prime minister liz truss and how this is reverberating around the world. all that and what she thinks of french president's emmanuel macron break in the united states and europe when it comes to dealing with this china-taiwan mess. i'm neil cavuto. busy news day. let's get to it. the revelations that seem to be coming out almost on the hour. jennifer has more from the pentagon. jennifer? >> we just received a statement from the gaming chat room where these classified documents first appeared. discord says it is cooperating with law enforcement to hen find who is responsible for the breach. meantime, senior u.s. officials have been working overtime reaching out to u.s. allies to make amends for the untimely leaks and rebuild allied trust. secretary of defend lloyd austin spoke with his south korean counterpart yet and melt at the pentagon with ukraine's prime minister. he ignored shouted questions
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there is an important — the us give away too much? there is an important change _ the us give away too much? there is an important change what _ the us give away too much? there is an important change what had i the us give away too much? there is an important change what had been. an important change what had been past president— an important change what had been past president for— an important change what had been past president for us _ an important change what had been past president for us policy. - an important change what had been past president for us policy. i- an important change what had been past president for us policy. i was. past president for us policy. i was a us diplomat, _ past president for us policy. i was a us diplomat, as _ past president for us policy. i was a us diplomat, as you _ past president for us policy. i was a us diplomat, as you mentionedl past president for us policy. i was. a us diplomat, as you mentioned it, and we _ a us diplomat, as you mentioned it, and we did _ a us diplomat, as you mentioned it, and we did not— a us diplomat, as you mentioned it, and we did not negotiate _ and we did not negotiate with terrorist — and we did not negotiate with terrorist groups— and we did not negotiate with terrorist groups or— and we did not negotiate with i terrorist groups or governments and we did not negotiate with - terrorist groups or governments that illegally— terrorist groups or governments that illegally detained _ terrorist groups or governments that illegally detained our— terrorist groups or governments that illegally detained our citizens - terrorist groups or governments that illegally detained our citizens for- illegally detained our citizens for a very— illegally detained our citizens for a very specific— illegally detained our citizens for a very specific reason _ illegally detained our citizens for a very specific reason because i illegally detained our citizens for a very specific reason because it| a very specific reason because it was going — a very specific reason because it was going to _ a very specific reason because it was going to if— a very specific reason because it was going to if it— a very specific reason because it was going to if it situations i a very specific reason because it was going to if it situations we i a very specific reason because it i was going to if it situations we saw play out _ was going to if it situations we saw play out with — was going to if it situations we saw play out with britney _ was going to if it situations we saw play out with britney griner - was going to if it situations we saw play out with britney griner where i play out with britney griner where the president. _ play out with britney griner where the president, secretary- play out with britney griner where the president, secretary of - play out with britney griner where the president, secretary of state i the president, secretary of state were _ the president, secretary of state were personally— the president, secretary of state were personally involved - the president, secretary of state | were personally involved because the president, secretary of state i were personally involved because of a lot of— were personally involved because of a lot of political— were personally involved because of a lot of political pressure. _ were personally involved because of a lot of political pressure. and - were personally involved because of a lot of political pressure. and nowl a lot of political pressure. and now putin— a lot of political pressure. and now putin has— a lot of political pressure. and now putin has a — a lot of political pressure. and now putin has a recipe _ a lot of political pressure. and now putin has a recipe for— a lot of political pressure. and now putin has a recipe for doing - a lot of political pressure. and now putin has a recipe for doing it- a lot of political pressure. and now putin has a recipe for doing it all. putin has a recipe for doing it all over— putin has a recipe for doing it all over again _ putin has a recipe for doing it all overagain so— putin has a recipe for doing it all over again-—
you know i'm still nervous of inflation than recession here because of gas prices, especially china reopened the refineries have issues, supply continues, we have people driving again, post covid, so i'm concerned, i'm not surprised gas is up, i probably would not have spiked the football when gas is going down, i felt in the winter and if ukraine was extended -- >> sandra: how can you expect tapping the spr before the midterm election, how can you expect it to be a long-term solution. that does not increase supply or decrease demand. this should have been predictable. why would the white house, the energy secretary blame the republican party when not even democrats -- >> she's not an energy expert, she's a politician, that's part of the problem. it should be somebody with a lot of experience in what they are secretary of. she doesn't vit.
the best darn secretary of transportation he could be. he seemed to mean it but not for long. sadly history intervened, a week in the job, some of the roads he's supposed to be overseaing, the roads he's secretary of, were racist. not just low-grade racist, no that kind of racism, these were hardcore david duke level nasty old segregationist roads. roads that refused to respond to reason and had no intention of changing. some of these roads had white stripes painted on them. white stripes. jim crow stuff. buttigieg seemed shocked by the whole thing. they don't have roads like that in south bend, indiana. so for pete, it was a pivot point. everything changes in an instant. all your preconceptions washed away. he had sworn an oath to take
ireland have agreed to do everything possible to restore power sharing in northern ireland after that meeting. this meeting of the british irish government, irish intergovernmental conference, and i have beenjoined by steve baker. we have agreed not to do opening statements because we did not want to bore you too much but we are very willing to take questions in the first question i haveis questions in the first question i have is from the bbc. secretary of state, you — have is from the bbc. secretary of state. you have — have is from the bbc. secretary of state, you have repeatedly - have is from the bbc. secretary of. state, you have repeatedly pledged to call stormont is restored by. you have described it as which would polarise opinion and make things difficult, have you thought this through? difficult, have you thought this throu~h? , difficult, have you thought this throu . h? , ., difficult, have you thought this throu~h? , ., ., through? yes, i have thought it
pelosi. what are you asking of them? >> at this point, for the ceremony of-- always supporting those countries and those people who were trying for democracy for our areas. and many political meetings be the -- the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, also, i met with secretary of-- and i was assured by all of them in full support of the changes in our country. and this is since 2020 when he last the election and people are fighting against repression for political prisoners and for our wonderful future. >> they opened the door for tanks and missiles for that invasion. has he essentially, madam
russian backed separatists in the donbass, were roughly 14,000 people have died, they have seen cyber attacks and warfare, they have roughly 100,000 combat troops all around their borders and almost every side, including to the west. and occupied crimea. the best way to de—escalate this is for the russian soldiers to return to their bases and make clear, in a believable way with their actions, that there won't be another russian military invasion of ukraine. i suppose the question _ invasion of ukraine. i suppose the question is _ invasion of ukraine. i suppose the question is their _ invasion of ukraine. i suppose the question is their how - invasion of ukraine. i suppose the question is their how can l the question is their how can president putin do that without losing face? do you have an idea what his end game really is with this holder buckle that has been happening over the past few weeks in particular —— debacle? i past few weeks in particular -- debacle? ~ , ., , ., debacle? i think you trying to do a former— debacle? i think you trying to do a former us _ debacle? i think you trying to do a former us secretary - debacle? i think you trying to do a former us secretary of's george wilson saying casting a shadow power of the negotiating table. think is trying to get a commitment that ukraine would neverjoin nato and that, i think, conceding that would be